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Women in suvs,
I was stuck at a light today waiting to make a left turn, when I noticed the amount of women who were driving SUVs even trucks. I dont know if it was just the area but it was like 5 cars in a row, first an Expedition then Navigator, F-150,H2....
Jeez! I dont even understand how they pay gas for those especially this summer! 
rimjobs
I thought it would be at least 2 decent posts before sex was brought up...
most of them breed, get money for giving birth, spend it on a car, then try to own the road. Over here anyway. Worst drivers ever
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| Originally posted by chach I thought it would be at least 2 decent posts before sex was brought up... |
if you drive 15,000 miles per year in a car that gets only 10 miles per gallon (as the very worst, like the cadillac, do...even the bigger hummers get 12-15 or something), you're still only paying an extra $1500 per year from a $1 increase in gas prices. If somebody's paying $6,000+ per year just for a lease on something, it's not so insane, especially since a much more reasonable number, like 20 mpg for 10,000 miles is only an extra 500 bucks a year. OMG HOW DO YOU PAY FOR GAS is a pretty pointless question.
I just found it so cliche lol. 
I really think it might have something to do with the need to feel safe. My girlfriend, for example, says she'd like to have a SUV so no one would want to mess with her on traffic.
I, on the other hand, have always wanted a Mini Austin... I like adventures 
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| Originally posted by Spacey Orange your expectations of the people in general are too high, grasshopper. |
we always hire an opel astra or corsa, i forget which, when abroad. It rocked, good mpg, good fuel prices there, not too big or too small, nice stereo & it gets you from a to b. couldn't ask for more.
actually, I did a little quick research, and for a 3-year lease on a bare bones, starting price Hummer H2, you're paying at least $18,000 per year on a 3-year lease. At 15,000 miles, that means about $1,100 extra for another $1 raise in gas prices. Meaningless.
were the windows tinted? Perhaps it's the Bang Bus
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| Originally posted by inconspicuous actually, I did a little quick research, and for a 3-year lease on a bare bones, starting price Hummer H2, you're paying at least $18,000 per year on a 3-year lease. At 15,000 miles, that means about $1,100 extra for another $1 raise in gas prices. Meaningless. |
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| Originally posted by chach lol research, its great that your trying to prove a point and all but i dont care. |
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| Originally posted by Lira I really think it might have something to do with the need to feel safe. My girlfriend, for example, says she'd like to have a SUV so no one would want to mess with her on traffic. |
The suburban ones aren't the ones buying them just for show. They're buying them for the cargo space & safety. The people buying hummers to drive a couple hundred miles a year in major cities are the ones with the image issues. It's no different from buying sports cars, though. It's unnecessary, but if that's what you like, so be it.
No one's really intimidated by the 50 year old guy with the toupee and mid life crisis in his Porsche sitting up your ass at 120km/h, he's irritating and a joke but he's more likely to be the loser in a collision so no one pays them much heed. Having someone riding your ass in 3000kg of 4WD, much different story if you're just in a sedan or smaller vehicle, because you're going to have a really bad day (if you live) in the same collision.
As for space and cargo, nothing beats a people mover or station wagon and it does the same job much better on surfaced roads, some of them are quite good and drive as well as a sedan with all the nice comfy things in them.
actually, a lot of SUVs do beat station wagons for cargo.
SUVs are basically trucks with more seating. In places where people need trucks, it's just a natural progression. People are intimidated by mid-life crisis man, because he's probably driving a lot faster than your average person, and is more likely to crash (there's a reason why the insurance rates on sports cars are much higher).
If people want safety & storage space, and it's perfectly legal, there's no sense in holding a grudge or getting angry about it.
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| Originally posted by inconspicuous actually, a lot of SUVs do beat station wagons for cargo. SUVs are basically trucks with more seating. In places where people need trucks, it's just a natural progression. People are intimidated by mid-life crisis man, because he's probably driving a lot faster than your average person, and is more likely to crash (there's a reason why the insurance rates on sports cars are much higher). If people want safety & storage space, and it's perfectly legal, there's no sense in holding a grudge or getting angry about it. |
Combine that with a cellphone and the ability to tune out the three screaming kids in the back and your looking at an insurance claim.
Around here its like the cool thing to have...a lifted truck that never goes off road, and if it did it would fail. Men and women in these things are nuts. I almost get ran off the road on a daily basis because they dont check mirrors or use blinkers. They just drift into the lane and force the other cars to backdown. I dont, I wail on the horn and get them to make a fast adjustment. Around here at least, its not just 4WD trucks....its the majority. Ive seen people doing toenails while going 60mph, shaving, makeup, reading the paper at 80mph and of course the phone/texting.
Chach, it was the area you were in
easy easy easy easy easy
BRAKEEEE
that's giant hole. that's giant hole. that's giant hole. that's giant hole.
drive into the giant hole
I like both SUVs and small cars.
At one point I'm just going to have to own one of each.
The speedy road-demon side of me loves small, fast, manual cars. The I have two dogs, a boyfriend, and am eventually going to start a family side of me loves the SUV to pack all those bitches in the car. That and it's much more comfortable to travel in a big ass SUV vs the tiny sports car.
I'm not getting angry about it, I just don't want to die to some pin-dick who's sole purpose on the road seems to be to bully other road users and never takes their off road vehicle off road. As for safety, I'm of two opinions about 4WD's. They're good on unsurfaced or very rough roads, however they have very poor road holding when it comes to high speeds, corners and you can do what you want to them to try and improve it. But they're still at the mercy of physics.
Safety is quite subjective to the self it seems, no one thinks of what happens to the people you might happen to hit, they're not safe.
It's harder to pull up 2-3000kg than it is to do the same with 1500 and you can't do much except lower the vehicle when it's mass is much higher, that defeats the purpose of having a 4wd, which is ground clearance.
People movers do a good job, they hold a lot of people, cargo and they're not just a converted van chassis any more.
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| Originally posted by bas You drive a truck/SUV don't you? |
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